Abstract
Seven species of
Mycena are reported as luminescent, representing specimens collected in Belize, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, Japan (Bonin Islands), Malaysia (Borneo) and Puerto Rico. Four of them represent new species (
Mycena luxaeterna, M. luxarboricola, M. luxperpetua, M. silvaelucens) and three represent new reports of luminescence in previously described species (
M. aff. abieticola, M. aspratilis, M. margarita).
Keywords
Agaricales,
bioluminescence,
Mycenaceae,
mycenoid fungi,
taxonomy
Citation
Desjardin,Dennis E.; Lodge,D. Jean; Stevani,Cassius V.; Nagasawa, Eiji. 2010. Luminescent
Mycena: new and noteworthy species. Mycologia. 102(2): 459-477.